Tire setter and cooler.



. PATBNTED JULY 2.1, 1903.

ING. 734,003. I

- s. SMITH. i

TIRE SBTTBRAND COOLER.

APPLIGATIONEILEI) AUG. 18, 1902.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STI/tres Patented July 21, 1903.

SEBASTIAN SMITH, oF RUSIIvILLnILLIoIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF T JOIIN B.PRESTON, oF RUSHvIIl-LEQILIIINOIS. f

1 Ting sgI-:TTI-:Rl'ANfofooLiaRg[lf SPECIFICATION formihg'part ofLeaersiiafent No.:7e4','oo`s,da.ttq Juiy'aij 190e. f Application filedAugustl, 1902.3 Serial llo.'120,098. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom/t MayOIweWb.-

Beit known that L SEBASTIAN'SMITII, a citi# zen of the United States,residing at v:Rushville, in the county of Schuyler and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Tire Setter and Cooler, ofwhich the following is a specification.

tire Setters and coolers.

The object of the presentinvention is to improve the const ruction oftire Setters and coolers, and to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient one of great strength and durability adapted to support awheel in an elevated position above a tank to receive a heated tire andcapable of enabling the wheel and tire to be quickly submerged forcooling the tire to cause the same to shrink and set on the wheel.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto'appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a' perspective view of a tire setter andcooler constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig.-2'is" asectional View ofthe same, the wheelfreA-'f ceiving frameorplatforrn'being Shownlelef` vated in full lines and loweredv indottedlines. Y I

Like numerals o frreference designate correspondingparts in both figuresof the drawings. Y

1 designates a 4box or tanksupported Vby legs 2 and designed-to receivewater for' cooling a tire when the latter is placed on the wheel 5. Thewheel 5 is supported in an elevated position over the tank on averticallymovable rack or frame 6, which is composed of bars 7 and8,-arranged,atrightlangles to each other and suitably secured togetherat the points oflcrossing and provided at their upper edges withfrnetalstripsorbars. ,The rack is also provided with a central hublreceivingopening-9, formed by parallel pieces 10 and 11, secured together andarranged as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The parallel pieces 10 extendacross the space formed by the bars 7 and 8, and the other pieces l1 aresecured between the parallel pieces 10 at oppo- 'lsitesides ofthe centerof therack. The

`whee1 is placed on the' rack with its hub Var- ,vranged withinthecentral opening or socket 9,as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and after aVheated tireis applied to the wheel the rack y.is lowered by the meanshereinafter described `to'submerge the heated tire. The inventionrelates to improvements in The rack is connected at opposite sides `witharms 13 and 14 of rock-shafts 15 and 16 by curved links .17 and 18,pivoted at their upper ends to the arms of the rock-shaft and similarlysecured at their lower ends to the rack between the ends 0E the bars ormembers'7 by short rods 18. The shafts 15 and 16 are journaled insuitable bearings 19 and 20 at opposite sides of the box or tank-,and

the shaft l5 is provided with an upwardlyextending operating arm orlever 21, terminating at its upper end in a handle .or grip 22 andconnected by a bar 23 with an larmf'24 of the rock-shaft 16. The arm 24of ,the rockshaft y16 extends inward and downward at an inclination whenthe Wheel-rack'is in an elevated-position, as illustrated in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, and when the operating arm or le- Ver 21 isl swung. inwardthe rock-shafts will be partially rotated to ,lower the rack andsubmerge the heated tire.

Theconnecting-bar 23 is provided at its upper edge with a seriesofnotches 25, forming airatchet and adapted to" be -engaged by a pawl '26,arranged at an inclination and pivoted at its upper end 27` to theoperating arm or lever 21 and connected with a latch-lever 28. Thelatch-lever 28 .is located near the handle or grip 22 and is providedwith a short arm 29, which is connected by a link 30 with one end of achain 31 and with an oscillating arm or link 32. The arm or link 32,which is pivoted at its inner end to the operatinglever 2l, is connectedat' its outerhendfwith the upper terminal of the chaingwhereby when thelatch-lever is pressedinw'ard"againstftleA v'grip or handle 22 ofthe,'operatingjarinorhlef ver the pawl or dog 26 kwill'b'e"lifted'ontof"l engagement with the ratchet of the connecting-bar. The pawl or dogis provided at its engaging end with a depending hook-shaped arm orextension 33, which passes around the lower edge 0E the connecting-barand which prevents the pawl or dog from leaving the IOO same. lVhen theoperating arm or lever of the rock-shaft 15 is swung outward from theposition illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, theshort lifting-arms 13 and 14 of the rock-shafts will be swung upward tolift the wheel out of the water after the tire has set. The pawl or dogby engaging the ratchet-teeth of the connecting-bar holds therock-shafts against movement and locks the wheel-receiving rack in anelevated position. The wheel-reeeivin g rack is firmly held in anelevated position while a wheel and tire are applied to it, and it maybe quickly operated to carry the heated tire into the water after thetire has been applied to the Wheel.

Vhat I claim isl. In a tire setter and cooler, the combination ot atank, a vertically-movable wheelrack, rock-shafts journaled on theexterior of said tank near the upper edges thereof and provided witharms extending inward over the edges of said tank, curved linkspivotally connected at one end to the free ends of said arms andconnected at their other ends to said wheel-rack, an operating-armmounted on one of the rock-shafts, a rod extending from theoperating-arm to an arm on the other rockshaft, and means carried bysaid operatinglever and adapted to engage said connectingrod to lock therack in elevated position.

2. A device of the class described comprising a box or tank, avertically-movable wheelrack, rock-shafts mounted on the box or tank atthe upper edges thereof and provided with arms connected with the rack,an operating arm or lever mounted on one of the lrockshafts, a rodconnected with an arm of the other rock-shaft and pivoted to theoperating arm or lever and provided with a ratchet, a dog pivoted to theoperating arm or lever and engaging the ratchet of the connecting-rod,and means mounted on the operating arm or lever for operating the pawlor dog, substantially as described.

3. A device ofthe class described comprising a box or tank, awheel-rack, rock-shafts mounted on the box or tank at the upper edgesthereof and connected with the rack, an operating-lever mounted on oneof the rockshafts, a rod connected with an arm ofthe other rock-shaftand with the said lever and provided with a ratchet, a dog pivotedto thelever and arranged tov engage the ratchet and provided with ahook-shaped extension arranged to engage the rod, a link pivotallymounted on the lever, means for connecting the link and the dog, and alatch-lever mounted on the said lever and connected willi the link,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SEBASTIAN SMITH.

Witnesses:

T. E. BOTTENBERG, L. D. DIXON.

